For flights exclusively on Alitalia, you'll want to follow their specific charts for economy and premium economy, or
business class award travel.
Business v. Economy = We always saved
business class award travel for longer flights like Asia, etc..
This is another one of ANA's sweet spots when it comes to
business class award travel on partners.
Not exact matches
Because of the breadth of the Star Alliance and the miles» value, many people opt to use them for luxury
award travel, like flying in
Business or First
Class.
Besides redeeming miles for
award travel, you can redeem miles for upgrades (e.g., upgrading from Main Cabin, aka Economy, to Delta One, First or
Business Class).
But over the course of earning over a million miles and points and booking first and
business class international
award travel for my family and others, I've come to realize the value.
For example, see the New British Airways Avios Devaluation which really made first
class and
business class awards a terrible value, especially for peak
travel dates on British Airways and on partners, since all partner
awards are at the peak
travel rate.
Singapore Airlines has a pretty good
award price for
travel to Central and South Africa in
business class.
Hainan Airlines has led winners at the World
Travel Awards Grand Final 2017, taking the trophy for World's Leading Airline -
Business Class.
This includes
award travel on their brand new Airbus A380 Suites and
Business Class seats, which can only be booked with KrisFlyer Miles.
As you can see above, there are plenty of great options to choose from, and American Airlines
award travel presents some of the best access to amazing first and
business class products.
Some good Singapore routings are: (1) One - way
business class from Houston to Moscow for only 48,875 Singapore Krisflyer miles (2) One - way first class awards in Suites Class from JFK to FRA are only 57,375 Singapore Krisflyer milesThese are both fantastic redemptions!IHG, Marriott, and Hyatt all have fantastic options for international tr
class from Houston to Moscow for only 48,875 Singapore Krisflyer miles (2) One - way first
class awards in Suites Class from JFK to FRA are only 57,375 Singapore Krisflyer milesThese are both fantastic redemptions!IHG, Marriott, and Hyatt all have fantastic options for international tr
class awards in Suites
Class from JFK to FRA are only 57,375 Singapore Krisflyer milesThese are both fantastic redemptions!IHG, Marriott, and Hyatt all have fantastic options for international tr
Class from JFK to FRA are only 57,375 Singapore Krisflyer milesThese are both fantastic redemptions!IHG, Marriott, and Hyatt all have fantastic options for international
travel.
While Saver
Awards for continental U.S. flights will remain unchanged, the new policy — which you can read about in more detail here — means those who book business or first - class awards flights will fork over an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles per leg on most routes, and even more during peak travel se
Awards for continental U.S. flights will remain unchanged, the new policy — which you can read about in more detail here — means those who book
business or first -
class awards flights will fork over an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles per leg on most routes, and even more during peak travel se
awards flights will fork over an additional 5,000 to 10,000 miles per leg on most routes, and even more during peak
travel seasons.
Qatar Airways is considered the World's Leading Airline
Business Class by the World
Travel Awards.
United Airlines MileagePlus might not have the most competitive
business class redemption rates, but it does provide some different avenues to earn points for
award travel.
While there is nothing wrong with economy
class or budget
travel, many points - pinching travelers miss out on bargains because they aren't even looking at the price of the
business -
class award tickets.
In addition, many of the economy and
business class awards also include
travel on British Airways.
Find out more about our
award winning First and International
Business class and other
classes of
travel on Qantas.
It looks to me like Lufthansa has just recently released quite a bit of partner
award availability for
travel from the US to Europe this summer in
Business Class.
In 2016, American Airlines significantly devalued their
business and first
class travel awards.
Singapore Airlines has a pretty good
award price for
travel to Central and South Africa in
business class.
BTN: Kenya Airways itself was recognised as Africa's Leading Airline -
Business Class in 2015 by World
Travel Awards.
That puts it within the range of 20,001 - 22,000 miles
traveled, so a
business class award costs 125,000 miles and carrier surcharges are just $ 319.
After 20 years endeavour, HNA Group recently saw wholly - owned carrier Hainan Airlines take the title of World's Leading Airline —
Business Class at the World
Travel Awards, while Tangla Hotels was recognised as Asia's Leading Lifestyle Hotel Brand.
The Cathay Pacific
award chart is ideal for
business class travel, since the difference between economy and
business is not much.
Book a round - trip
business -
class award for 50,000 AAdvantage miles for nonstop
travel on JAL between San Francisco and Tokyo Haneda.
Besides redeeming miles for
award travel, you can redeem miles for upgrades (e.g., upgrading from Main Cabin, aka Economy, to Delta One, First or
Business Class).
Because of the breadth of the Star Alliance and the miles» value, many people opt to use them for luxury
award travel, like flying in
Business or First
Class.
At the beginning of every month the Flying Blue loyalty program releases discounted
awards for Economy and
Business Class travel on Air France and KLM flights.
At the beginning of every month Flying Blue (the loyalty program for Air France / KLM) releases discounted mileage
awards for Economy and
Business Class travel on Air France and KLM flights.
Since
business travel plummets during holiday weeks, airlines often make first -
class awards available at the saver
award level even when economy seats are selling like hotcakes.
Awarded Best
Business Class for two consecutive years by industry audit Skytrax, the airline provides a premium
travel experience for passengers combined with supreme luxury and exceptional service.
Only two Promo
Awards available for these regions but at least both offer discounts on
Business Class travel:
Virgin Atlantic was recognised as offering the World's Leading Airline
Business Class by the World
Travel Awards in 2010.
There have been smaller increases for
award travel in
business class and no increases for
award travel in economy
class.
This sees roundtrip
Business Class awards cost just 55,000 miles and, bearing in mind that this is for
travel from or to the two US cities I've named, that's a fantastic deal!
Award space is pretty reliable for
travel from / to USA and I have seen instances where there are as many as 4
business class awards on a flight.
November looks great for
travel to Auckland... but most other months had very little or no
Business Class awards available at all.
Miles & More is offering half price
Business Class awards for
travel to / from Europe, the US and select cities in Asia for bookings made by 1 January 2018.
You can also book Cathay Pacific
awards, however it needs two separate
awards as per the rules of AAdvantage for
travelling to India on trans - pacific routes, which means you need 57,500 miles for a one - way economy and 85,000 miles for a one - way
business class award to India.
American Airlines has, once again, opened up a substantial number of Miles SAAver
Business Class awards for
travel to Europe from various American cities.
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You can also book Cathay Pacific
awards, however it needs two separate
awards as per the rules of AAdvantage for
traveling to India on trans - pacific routes, which means you need 57,500 miles for a one - way economy and 85,000 miles for a one - way
business class award to India.
With the new
award chart, you will need more miles when you want to
travel in
business class / first Class (in most ca
class / first
Class (in most ca
Class (in most cases).
You can also book Cathay Pacific
awards, however it needs two separate
awards as per the rules of AAdvantage for
traveling to India on trans - pacific routes, which means you need 62,500 miles for a one - way economy, 110,000 miles for a one - way
business class award to India and 160,000 miles for a one way first
class award to India.
The
Travel window is pretty restrictive but, with long - haul roundtrip
Business Class awards starting at 55,000 miles, this is definitely something to consider.
Victoria Miles are
awarded for First,
Business and Economy
Class travel.
The remaining two
Business Class promo
awards are for
travel between Europe and the Middle East:
For the past few years two of the big «sweet spots» in the AAdvantage program have been the cost of
Business and First
Class award tickets, on Etihad, for
travel between Europe and the Middle East.
For example, use United Airlines miles to book an
award with no fuel surcharges, or book an airline that doesn't pass through London so you can avoid the high passenger duty on
business and first
class travel.